When word started
going around at the Victoriaville Musique Actuelle Festival in Quebec
in 2005 that saxophonist Anthony Braxton wanted to sit in on noizemakers
Wolf Eyes' set, most people dismissed it. But the meeting did take place
and that led to the Wolf Eyes-Anthony Braxton album, Black Vomit, which
was voted No. 14 among the top 50 albums of 2006 by Wire magazine.

Of the celebrated
meeting on the Quebec stage, this is what Bruce Lee Gallanter posted on
the internet: "When this young, punky [Scandinavian] noise trio came out
and told us that Mr. Braxton would be playing with them - there he was,
many were quite shocked. Wolf Eyes is an odd trio of homemade electronics,
electric guitar and sax/more electronics. John Olson, their big shaved
head saxist, was also their spokesman and was pretty funny and quite astute.
They started with all three members playing some scary processed cymbals
as Braxton played some quieter sopranino on top. The trio moved through
bowing and scraping metal, intense guitar feedback and growling electronic
noise-scapes. It reminded me of Organum at times, just not as accomplished.
They ended in a frenzy of pounding noise with screaming vocals that was
almost too much. For their encore, they asked Mr. Braxton if they should
play their hit, Black Vomit, and he said, 'Of course.' It was a tribal,
throbbing epic of slow noise that grinded, growled and groaned until it
hit its stride and exploded with Braxton squealing sax riding on the waves.
Not what anyone would have expected, but it worked and showed how barriers
occasionally disappear up at Victo."

This audience recording
is on the rough side but it's still full-on metal, noize and wailing sax.

Click on the highlighted
tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality, stereo MP3s - sample
rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never
been officially released.

Note: Due to the size of the file, please be patient when downloading.